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Genus 276. CYCLOTHONE Goode & Beau. 



Cyclothone Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, No. 5, 221, 1882 (liisca). 



Subgenus OTCLOTHONE Goode & Bean. 



892. Cyclothone microdon (Giinther). 



Bermuda ; Atlantic, Pacific, and Antarctic oceans ; Pacific Coast from Oregon 



to Panama. 

 GonostomamicrodonGimtliev, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 188, near Bermuda. 



893. Cyclothone bathyphila (Vaillant). 



Gulf of Gascouy and ofl" the Azores; western Atlantic. 



Neosioma hathyphilum Vaillant, La Nature, 1884, 184, name and rough figure 

 only. 



Subgenus SIGMOPS Gill. 



Sigmops Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 256 (stigmaticus) . 



894. Cyclothone elongata (Giinther). 



New Guinea; Banda; American coast; Gulf Stream; Indian Ocean. 

 Gonostoma elongatum Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 187, New Guinea; 

 Banda. 



Genus 277. YARRELLA Goode & Bean. 



YarreUa Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 103, 1896 {hlackfordl) . 



895. Yarrella blackfordi Goode & Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



TarreUa blackfordi Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 103, fig. 121, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream, at Albatross Station 2376, in 324 fathoms. 



Genus 278. CHATILIODXIS Bloch & Schneider. 



Chauliodus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. lehth., 430, 1801 (sloanei). 



896. Chauliodus sloanei Bloch & Schneider. 



Mediterranean and deep waters of the Atlantic ; Georges Banks. 

 Chauliodus sloanei Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 430, 1801, Atlantic; after 

 Vipera marina of Catesby. 



897. Chauliodus macouni Bean. 



Coast of California to British Columbia and Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 Chauliodus macouni Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 44, ott' Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. 



Family LXXVIII. ASTRONESTHIDiE. 



Genus 279. ASTRONESTHES Richardson. 



Astronesthes Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulph., 97, 1845 (niger). 



898. Astronesthes niger Richardson. 



Deep waters of all seas. 



Astronesthes niger Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulph., 97, 1845, Atlantic. 



899. Astronesthes gemmifer Goode & Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



Astronesthes qenunifer Goode & Beau, Oceanic Ichthyology, 105, fig. 124, 1896, 

 Grand Banks, latitude 44° 25' N., longitude 53^ 12' W., in 300 fathoms. 



900. Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey). 



Deep waters of West Indies; Indian and Pacific oceans. 

 Chauliodus richardsoni i'oey. Memoriae, i, 176, 1855, Cuba. 



